Depressed about politics? This happiness expert has some advice to help you get through 2024.
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Election season is stressful — but there are ways to make it less so as we face months of campaigning in 2024, a happiness expert shared on "CBS Mornings."
First, don't put politics ahead of your "big four," suggests Arthur C. Brooks, a Harvard professor who studies the science of happiness and is the best-selling co-author with Oprah Winfrey of "Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier."
The "big four" are the habits and priorities the happiest people share, Brooks says, which include:
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